Customer Reviews

Samsung YP-T5V 256 MB MP3 Player

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This is the only one of four MP3 players i tried that had acceptable sound quality. All the others; Rio, RCA, Nike had a strange high pitched noise no matter what the source of the audio files. The Yepp does not, and the WOW sound is really quite good. The only problem is that no matter how you put songs into thae player, it plays them back in alphabetical order. This drove me crazy. The only solution to this is to put each album(or collection of songs) in its own folder and copy them using windows explorer. Then each folders songs are in order. other than that problem this is the best MP3 player you can get for the money.

Pros: compact size, light weight, great sound, price, long battery power
Cons: flimsy USB cover, no armband, confusing software

This is my second MP3 player, and I have used YP-T5V for a short time but I am very satisfied with it. The sound quality is excellent, and it has been very convenient to carry it around while I'm lifting weights. Unlike my older MP3 player, it did not freeze or lock-up. It is so small and light that it fits anywhere. The radio works perfectly, and I have used the Yepp to record lectures and as storage device to store document files. Its programmed equalizer features are great, especially "WOW." Earphones were better than I expected. I like the fancy changing of LCD colors also. I was debating between this and iRiver iFP-790, which has very similar features but a little bigger and pricier. When I got a $30 off coupon from Staples, I had to get this Samsung one. $120 for a 256MB MP3 player cannot be turned down, you know? It is amazing how Samsung could put so many features into this little gadget. Samsung has lived up to its reputation as the most profitable electronic company in the world.

Since I used everyone else's reviews to choose my MP3, I should write my own review now that I have it. I could not decide between this unit and the I-River models, but now that I have it I think I made a good choice. Since everyone wants to know the bad side of the products, here are my only gripes.

The cover for the USB cable will probably break off, and it is not doesn't open while in the case, so you have to take it out of the case and fumble with the cover to connect to the PC

Being so small it can be hard to fumble with the buttons while on the move.

The plastic case itself is difficult to put on and off and will probably break.

The little earbud headphones sound pretty good for a throw-in pair, but there is enough cord to jump rope with, which will be awkward to jog with. I will probably buy another set instead.

I like the neck strap, it is higher quality than I was expecting, but I still would preffer an armband for jogging.

The software is very foreign and difficult, even the english / grammer has errors in several cases, but now that I found that you can just drag and drop in windows explorer, I will probably just not use the software.

So all in all this is a fun high quality gadget with some cheap accessories that bring the rating down a notch, I cant say anything about how it holds up since I just got it three days ago, but it does not seem too fragile.

I read the great reviews here and at CNET about the YP-T5V. But I was pretty skeptical based on my experience with other MP3 players with FM tuner. My goal was to have an MP3 player that was compact (check), with at least 256MB of storage (check) and most importantly with an FM tuner that actually works well (double-check).

I specifically wanted to be able to listen to the TVs in my gym (broadcast over FM) while working out. It picked up all of the stations for the TVs in the gym. And it picks up all of the local FM radio stations except for the weak ones. But my shower radio at home doesn't pick those up either. The FM tuner performs exceptionally well.

The only negative comment I could make is that the player is not quite as intuitive as I might like. But this is an issue with almost all miniature MP3 players.

Connecting to your PC is a snap with Windows XP. All you have to do is plug it into a USB port (using supplied cable or your own), turn the power on and XP will recognize it right away. I recommend installing the driver anyway because there is a "format" feature and "upgrade firmware" feature that you will be missing without it. USB 2.0 would have been a nice feature with this player and it's too bad that it is only USB 1.1. But when you're only dealing with 256MB, ultra-fast transfers aren't that important. It only took about 4 minutes to transfer 3 albums of music to the player.

You can use Windows Explorer to transfer music to the device. Or you can utilize the "Sync" feature built into Windows Media Player 10.

Once you learn it, the interface is great. The Yepp has all of the features you would expect from an MP3 player at this price point. It has 5 play modes (shuffle, repeat, etc.), good info on the display (artist, track, time, bit-rate, etc.). However, if you have artists like BJÖRK (it won't display the Ö). Perhaps this problem is fixed in a firmware upgrade. You can even change the color of the backlight. I also like its size. It is about the size of a cigarette lighter (slightly fatter, but shorter in length).

The sound quality is excellent both for MP3 and FM. I can't speak to the FM recording or voice recording because I haven't used these features (and don't really care about them). But I've seen other reviews that speak highly of these features for this device. Also, it can encode MP3 from an external source (it has a mini-plug jack and adapter for that). I haven't used it yet but I'm sure it is in line with the quality of FM and voice encoding which has been rated highly by others.

It comes with a host of adapters, cables and connectors for all of the features you might use. Also, the earbuds that come with the player are excellent. The manual is also prety good. I didn't read it from start to finish. But when I needed to know something, I usually could find it quickly by skimming.

All-in-all I am extremely happy with this player and would purchase it again.

Lest you think that you have just another mp3 player, look into the possibilities. This unit can also be used as a data transfer medium as well. I, just to see if it could be done, wrote some jpegs into the memory and then looked at them with Windows Explorer. That said, it does function well as a mp3 encoder from an external audio source. It also records voice from the internal microphone and does it well also. An earlier review claimed that the software was difficult to use. It isn't all that easy, but then who really needs it? Drag and drop works just fine. The sound, even to one with moderate hearing limitations, is great. If it wasn't capable of excellent treble, I would find it too muddy to listen to. All in all I give this little mp3 player (and size was one of the things that got my attention right away) 5 stars! Good buy, I highly recommend it!

This is a great little MP3 player to use during a daily commute that's small enough to completely hide in the palm of your hand.

No, it doesn't have the capacity of larger players or the clone-ish panache of the ubiquitous white iPod set but it does an honest job with ease of use and great sound (toss the ear buds that come with the unit and get a pair that sound good to you -- I use a pair of "The Bud" from Koss for great bass response).

Plug the unit into your computer and it shows up as a removable drive. Fill up the drive with MP3 or WMA files (I can fit about 60-70 wma files on the unit) and you're ready to go. The player also has a handy voice recorder for those impromptu sound bytes.

The 5-direction joystick is not hard to master and once your songs are loaded navigating through your music is instinctive. The display is essential to work through the menu trees when you want to adjust the player's audio or display settings.

The removable AAA battery means you'll never have to run out of juice when in the middle of your commute. Just pop in that spare battery carried along for just these types of emergencies and you're back online in less than a minute.

This player is not for audiophiles or for those with 30,000 song libraries, and it doesn't pretend to be, but for those who want a simple well built MP3 player with great sound quality.

Samsung makes a great mp3 player. This tiny thing has so much in it. The sound is out of this world! A great deal!!

The size of the player is absolutely miniscule. It's like a short lighter and a bit fatter. Putting songs onto the device is very simple. You can literally drag the files from your computer onto the "Removable Storage" icon that pops up in My Computer when you plug the player in via the USB port.

The sound quality depends on what bit-rate you use for the music, but it's capable of great sound and even has different types of sound options if you like a certain type of sound (base, normal, vocal, etc.).

The only drawback is (as others have mentioned) that the player automatically plays the songs in alpha order. Since you can't really put too many songs on here anyway, I've gotten around it by just naming the songs "01 - Singer - Song Title" after I've dragged them onto the player. They'll play in number order then. Bit of a pain, but minor since you won't have to do this for 10,000 songs.

I'm very pleased with mine. Easy to use and good sound. Great for exercisers and gym rats who don't want to carry around a gigantic CD player or a heavier MP3 device.

this mp3 player is great it's small enough to hold in the palm of your hand but not so small that you can't use the buttons. it's easy to put songs from your computer on it and the sound is fantastic. it doesn't hold is many songs as i thought it would but it holds plenty. i def. think that this is one of the best buys for your money if you are looking for a good mp3 player!!

This is a great simple mp3 player. It does what it says and does it pretty well. However, it is not seen as a hot pluggable flash drive and requires Samsung's proprietary software.

As such, it does not work on the Mac or Linux. In order to use it, I have to fire up my PC, copy mp3's from my Mac to my PC, and then to the Yepp. Samsung has also recently dropped support for their printers on Mac, too. Sad, because they make some great products.